In the Charlottetown Guardian, AIMS policy analyst Jackson Doughart explores the implications of federal EI changes to Prince Edward Island. Contrary to the claims of the local Coalition for Fair EI, easier access to employment insurance will hurt prospects for the economy, and for young people's prosperity, in the future. Read the piece on the [...]
The Beacon - April 2016 | Volume XXII, No. 9 Changes to Employment Insurance Last week, I was asked to speak to a group of fiery young Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs, who were meeting in Shediac, New Brunswick. People in business are typically concerned - as they should be - with their bottom line. The more so during [...]
In a story about the Bas-Caraquet shipyard bailout in New Brunswick, the Telegraph-Journal quotes AIMS Vice-President of Research John Williamson, who argues that this "smacks of a risky government bailout." Read the full story at the Telegraph-Journal website. By John Chilibeck, Legislature Bureau The Liberals’ decision to bail out the foundering small-boat shipyard on the Acadian [...]
In a Canadian Press story about university costs, AIMS researcher Jackson Doughart says that while eliminating tuition is a bad idea, targeting subsidies to students from low-income families makes sense. HALIFAX — New Brunswick’s recent decision to follow Ontario’s lead by covering tuition for college and university students from lower income families has prompted a [...]
In Halifax's Chronicle Herald, AIMS President & CEO Marco Navarro-Génie argues that governments often sit around waiting for a big "silver bullet" to come and save their economies. With reference to the forthcoming Nova Scotia budget, government should focus on smaller but incremental ways to improve competitiveness and market certainty. Read the full piece in [...]
In New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal, AIMS Vice-President of Research John Williamson explains how recent changes to Canada's employment insurance system undo the reforms of both the last Conservative government and the preceding Liberal one. The consequence will be a further enticement of young people away from school and full-time work. Read the article at the Telegraph-Journal [...]
The Beacon - Special Budget 2016 Bulletin | Volume XXII, No. 6 Employment Insurance in the crosshairs: What Atlantic Canada needs to know Having spent the week analyzing Budget 2016 and its overall impact on Atlantic Canada, AIMS' senior executives, Marco Navarro-Genie and John Williamson, provide an analysis on what you need to know about subsidies and Employment [...]
The Beacon - April 2016 | Volume XXII, No. 7 Our visit to Prince Edward Island promoting market solutions and the AIMS brand at the end of March proved very successful. I had the good fortune to meet with Board Members, donors and prospective donors, and visited friends at the Rotary Club of Charlottetown [...]
The Beacon - April 2016 | Volume XXII, No. 8 The 2016 Federal Budget Reactions to the federal budget are still pouring in. At AIMS we have drawn attention to consequences the federal budget might have on employment and youth. We are keeping an eye on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador's respective budgets soon [...]
A Telegraph-Journal editorial criticizes subsidy-induced job growth. Citing AIMS's "I'll take New England Anyday!", it recommends "freezing — and then cutting — marginal tax rates and ... removing barriers to private-sector job creation." Read the full editorial here. The idea of government subsidies going up in smoke is usually only a metaphor for wasteful spending. [...]